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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Bruno (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Bruno. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Bruno is located in Marion County.

To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Baxter, Boone, Searcy, Ozark (MO) & Taney (MO).

Below are the counties that are near Bruno. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bruno:

  • Marion County     (The home county of Bruno)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.
    • Eros
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Yellville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Summit is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Pyatt
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pyatt is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Rush ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Dodd City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Dodd City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
    • Flippin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rea Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Monarch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Peel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bull Shoals
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Price Place
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Baxter County
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.
    • Everton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rally Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Zinc
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Zinc is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Valley Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bellefonte
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Elixir ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Keener ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bergman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • South Lead Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • South Lead Hill is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Lead Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Harrison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Diamond City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.
    • Western Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hasty
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hasty is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
    • Vendor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Vendor is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
    • Mount Judea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Judea is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
    • Jasper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Parthenon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Compton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Pope County
    • Tilly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Tilly is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
  • Searcy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.
    • Pindall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pindall is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Saint Joe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gilbert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Blanco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Blanco is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
    • Lone Pine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cozahome
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harriet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Baker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Watts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Leslie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Witt's Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.
    • Alco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alco is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Onia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Onia is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
  • Van Buren County
  • Ozark County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.
    • Pontiac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ocie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Sundown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sundown is located in Ozark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
    • Theodosia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Taney County (MO)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bruno, see our County-by-County Page for Bruno.

Cemeteries Near Bruno ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruno.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bruno - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bruno covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.

  • Bruno Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Anderson Flat Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Nanny Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Burns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Beckham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Patton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Henley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Osborne Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (235 more) ...
    • Tomahawk Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cowan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wickersham Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bruno had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bruno, with the one closest to Bruno listed first.

  • Eros
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Powell is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Tomahawk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Yellville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • George's Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • George's Creek is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George's Creek
  • Saint Joe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Duff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Duff is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rally Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Western Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Rush ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dodd City ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dodd City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pedlo ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Pedlo is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlo
    • Valley Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Yardelle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Yardelle is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardelle

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bruno. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bruno.

Newspapers Published in Bruno ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruno.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruno, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bruno.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bruno:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bruno) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bruno, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.